In conjunction with Kelby Brothen and the “Urban Stars Basketball Club,” Tom will put on eight 4-hour clinics from April 30th through May 5th. Some of the clinics are reserved for the Powell Center kids, but most are open to the public, and two of them will be just for coaches. You can see the details and enroll at Tom’s website (www.swish22.com). Click on “Clinics, Camps, Lessons.”
Tom’s approach to basketball’s most important skill is different from the way shooting is normally taught, yet it can be proven to be the way of the great shooters. It comes from being a great high school shooter at Minnesota Roosevelt* who lost his touch for over 30 years and then rediscovered it 18 years ago. Because of this experience, he sees shooting in a different light, in terms of big muscles vs. small muscles, minimizing variables, the importance of alignment of hand and ball with the eye, the generation and use of inertia to make accuracy easier, and a constant, automatic Release. In a word, he’s “simplified” the skill of shooting.
As Dale Davis, former Indiana Pacer and Detroit Piston power forward put it years ago, Tom teaches “a combination of technique and the science of repeatability.” That’s a beautiful way to describe it -- part technique, part the putting of shooting into a form that allows the shooter to find the center of the basket over and over and over, even under great pressure.
Current coaching methodology isn’t working. Mediocre shooting performance is rampant. You see a magnificent team like Memphis (final record 38-2) miss 4 of 5 crucial free throws where just one more of them would have won the game. For years our national teams have been getting beaten by teams with less physical ability and talent, but who have better teamwork and shooting. This is the “answer” people are seeking!
Visit Tom’s website for his background and the special endorsements, remarkable testimonials, video clips, articles, and a collection of 107 monthly Newsletters. Come to the Powell Center and learn how to coach yourself and others.
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Contact: Tom Nordland
Swish International, Inc.
888/794-7422
Tom@swish22.com
*Tom lead his ‘57 team to the second of two consecutive State Championships and was honored last year for the 50th anniversary of his free throw record that was tied by Cody Schilling of Ellsworth -- 19 in one game.
*Tom lead his ‘57 team to the second of two consecutive State Championships and was honored last year for the 50th anniversary of his free throw record that was tied by Cody Schilling of Ellsworth -- 19 in one game.
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